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Flirting with Fate
AKA [The Assassin] : {Flirting with Faith}
(1916) American
B&W : Five reels
Directed by W. Christy Cabanne
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks [Augy Holliday], W.E. Laurence (W.E. Lawrence) [Harry, Augy’s friend], Jewel Carmen [Gladys], Dorothy Haydel [Phyllis, her friend], George Beranger (André Beranger) [‘Automatic Joe’], J.P. McCarty [detective]; Howard Gaye [Roland Dabney], Lillian Langdon [Mrs. Kingsley], Wilbur Higby [landlord], [?] Lillian Gish?
Fine Arts Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. / Scenario by Christy Cabanne, from a story by Robert M. Baker. Cinematography by William E. Fildew. / Premiere 25 June 1916. Released 9 July 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.1387.
Survival Status: Prints exist in the Film Preservation Associates film collection, in the Em Gee Film Library film collection [16mm reduction positive], and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives, 8mm reduction positives].
Keywords: Actors - Animals: Dogs - Art: Artists, Artists’ studios, Collectors, Easels, Paintings, Portraits - Bars - Benches - Books - Calendars - Chases - Courtships - Criminals: Assassins - Death: Suicide (Attempted) - Disguises: False beards - Families: Aunts, Nephews - Fire escapes - Flowers - Fountains - Furniture: Chairs, Desks, Sofas - Gates - Handwriting - Hats - Inheritances - Kisses - Knitting - Lamps: Gas - Letters - Lumberyards - Mansions - Marriages: Proposals - Meters: Coin-operated - Mistaken circumstances - Money: Cash, Coins - Musical instruments: Drums - Nihilists - Palettes - Parks - Police: Detectives, Policemen, Police stations - Radiators - Receipts - Receptions - Reformations - Religion: Preachers, Religious conversions, Salvation Army - Rent collectors - Rich people - Roofs - Signage - Staircases - Street scenes - Telegrams - Telephones - Transportation: Automobiles, Bicycles - Water - Weapons: Guns, Letter bombs, Swords - Weddings: Brides, Grooms
Listing updated: 21 October 2004.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.1387; Bardèche-History p. 115; Lahue-Triangle p. 42; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 82; Limbacher-Feature p. 83; Weaver-Twenty p. 146.
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